Celidonius is the traditional name ascribed to the man born blind whom Jesus healed in the Gospel of John 9:1–38. This tradition is attested in both Eastern Christianity and in Catholicism.
One tradition ascribes to St. Celidonius the founding of the Christian church at Nîmes in Gaul (present-day France). For this reason, he is often confused with Sidonius of Aix.
Saint Demetrius of Rostov, in his Great Synaxarion, also mentions that the blind man's name was Celidonius. [1]
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the account of the healing of Celidonius is recounted on the "Sunday of the Blind Man", the Sixth Sunday of Pascha (Easter). [2] Many hymns concerning the healing and its significance are found in the Pentecostarion, a liturgical book used during the Paschal season.
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References
- ^ Demetrius of Rostov, Great Synaxarion, entry for January 4, " Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles"
- ^ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Sunday of the Blind Man, accessed 15 May 2016